Smithsonian Affiliations at 25: Chapter 5: Moving Forward, Together
/in 25th Anniversary, enewsletter feature /by Elizabeth BugbeeAffiliations Anniversary Series: 25 Years in Your Neighborhood Chapter 5: Moving Forward, Together #SmithsonianAffiliations25 In 1993, the Smithsonian’s Board of Regents established the Commission on the Future of the Smithsonian and tasked the group with “an examination of the Smithsonian, its mandate and its roles, and an examination of the cultural, societal, and technological factors […]
Kudos Affiliates!! September 2021
/in Uncategorized /by Aaron GlavasCongratulations to these Affiliates on their recent accomplishments! Do you have kudos to share? Please send potential entries to Aaron Glavas, GlavasC@si.edu. FUNDING Framingham State University (Framingham, MA) is part of a six university consortium, as well as the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education, to receive a $441,367 grant from the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) […]
Kudos Affiliates!! August 2021
/in Uncategorized /by Aaron GlavasCongratulations to these Affiliates on their recent accomplishments! Do you have kudos to share? Please send potential entries to Aaron Glavas, GlavasC@si.edu. FUNDING The Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs awarded a grant to Dubuque Museum of Art (Dubuque, IA) for general operating support as part of a statewide effort to help fuel the resurgence of Iowa’s […]
Smithsonian Affiliations at 25: Chapter 4: Supporting the People that Make Us Strong
/in 25th Anniversary, enewsletter feature /by Elizabeth BugbeeSupporting our network of Affiliate partners is a keystone of our work at Smithsonian Affiliations. As we continue to reflect on our past 25 years, it is the strength of the people we work with at Affiliate organizations that truly makes an impact on the work that we do. This month we are focusing on the professional development collaborations with Affiliate colleagues. Here we take you on a visual journey of the ways in which we have helped to make an impact furthering the professional growth of staff at our Affiliate partner organizations.
Coming Up in Affiliateland in June 2021
/in Uncategorized /by Laura HansenEnjoy these summer offerings! WASHINGTONDr. Teasel Muir-Harmony, curator at the National Air and Space Museum, will give a virtual lecture on her new book Operation Moonglow for the Museum of Flight, Seattle, 6.3. They also collaborated on a podcast, here. CALIFORNIAThe USS Hornet- Sea, Air and Space Museum in Alameda will screen Smithsonian Channel’s Battle of […]
Smithsonian Affiliations at 25: Chapter 3: 10 Years of Reaching for the Stars Together
/in 25th Anniversary, enewsletter feature, Uncategorized /by Tricia EdwardsAffiliations Anniversary Series: 25 Years in Your Neighborhood Chapter 3: 10 Years of Reaching for the Stars Together By: Tricia Edwards, Deputy Director, Smithsonian Affiliations and Natalie Wimberly, Management Support Specialist and Universe of Learning Project Manager, Smithsonian Affiliations “Working with Affiliations over the last 10 years has been one of the most productive collaborations for […]
June 2021 Kudos!
/in Kudos, Uncategorized /by Aaron GlavasKudos Affiliates!! June 2021 Congratulations to these Affiliates on their recent accomplishments! Do you have kudos to share? Please send potential entries to Aaron Glavas, GlavasC@si.edu. FUNDING The National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium (Dubuque, IA) and its national outreach program RiverWorks Discovery, received a combined $200,000 from three foundations to support a new RiverWorks Discovery […]
Smithsonian Affiliations at 25: Chapter 2- National Youth Summits
/in 25th Anniversary, enewsletter feature, Uncategorized /by Aaron GlavasAffiliations Anniversary Series: 25 Years in Your Neighborhood Chapter 2: National Youth Summits Catch up on Chapter 1: The Ten Thousand Springs Pavilion here. Engaging younger audiences has always been a goal of the Affiliate network. As an ongoing reflection of the past 25 years of working with our Affiliates, this month we focus on the […]
Coming Up in Affiliateland in May 2021
/in Uncategorized /by Jennifer BrundageSpring continues to bloom at Affiliates! MISSOURI The American Jazz Museum will open the SITES’ exhibition Billie Holiday at Sugar Hill, in Kansas City, 5.8. MARYLANDDr. Teasel Muir-Harmony, curator at the National Air and Space Museum, will give a virtual lecture on her new book Operation Moonglow for Historic Annapolis, hosted in Annapolis, 5.4. MICHIGANDr. Muir-Harmony will also […]
Kudos Affiliates! May 2021
/in Affiliates in the News, enewsletter feature, Kudos, Uncategorized /by Aaron GlavasCongratulations to these Affiliates on their recent accomplishments! Do you have kudos to share? Please send potential entries to Aaron Glavas, GlavasC@si.edu. FUNDING The Minnesota Historical Society announced the newest recipients of 30 Minnesota Historical and Cultural Heritage Small Grants including The Bakken Museum (Minneapolis, MN). The Museum received $9,994 to process the Earl Bakken […]
“See Me” workshop with Access Smithsonian
/in enewsletter feature, Uncategorized, You Heard It Here First /by Elizabeth BugbeeProfessional Development Opportunity: Developing and Implementing Programming for Adults Living with Dementia and Their Care Partners Access Smithsonian invites Smithsonian Affiliates to participate in a virtual professional development training workshop on the development and implementation of programming for adults living with dementia and their care partners. The two-day workshop, June 17-18, 2021, 1:00 p.m. to […]
The Ten Thousand Springs Pavilion Highlights the Best of Affiliate – Smithsonian collaboration
/in 25th Anniversary, enewsletter feature, Uncategorized /by Jennifer BrundageDuring the Affiliations annual conference in 2007, an Affiliate director marveled at a red sandalwood carving on display in the Ripley Center on the Smithsonian’s campus. The structure was one-fifth scale model of the celebrated and intricate classical Chinese pavilion that stands within the Forbidden City in the heart of Beijing, the Ten Thousand Springs Pavilion. […]
Coming Up in Affiliateland in April 2021
/in Uncategorized /by Jennifer BrundageHappy Earth Month everyone! IOWA The Bias Inside Us exhibition from the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service opens at the National Czech and Slovak Museum and Library in Cedar Rapids, 4.17. PUERTO RICO Puerto Rican Affiliates, the Museo de Arte and Museo y Centro de Estudios Humanísticos, offer a workshop on The Conservation of Caribbean Culture: […]
Kudos Affiliates!! March 2021
/in Uncategorized /by Aaron GlavasCongratulations to these Affiliates on their recent accomplishments! Do you have kudos to share? Please send potential entries to Aaron Glavas, GlavasC@si.edu. FUNDING The Friends of the Oklahoma History Center (Oklahoma City, OK) received a $35,000 grant from Inasmuch Foundation for the digitization of its scholarly journal, The Chronicles of Oklahoma. The funding will pay staff to […]
Coming Up in Affiliateland in March 2021
/in enewsletter feature, Uncategorized /by Jennifer BrundageIs that spring we see coming?! NATIONWIDE Smithsonian Affiliations wraps up the collaboration with the National Museum of American History and its Pandemic Perspectives series with the talk, How the National Museum of American History is Collecting COVID-19, on 3.23. Thank you to all the Smithsonian Affiliates that helped us make the series a success! Previous […]
Kudos Affiliates!! January 2021
/in Uncategorized /by Aaron GlavasCongratulations to these Affiliates on their recent accomplishments! Do you have kudos to share? Please send potential entries to Aaron Glavas, GlavasC@si.edu. FUNDING The Abbe Museum (Bar Harbor, ME) and the California African American Museum (Los Angeles, CA) are recipients of an Art Museum Futures Fund grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The emergency COVID-19 grants […]
